Bahram I

Bahram I (240-276) was Emperor of the Sassanid Empire from 273 to 276, succeeding Hormizd I and preceding Bahram II.

Biography
Bahram I was the son of Shapur I and brother of Hormizd I and Narseh. He became Shahanshah in 273, and during his reign, he had the Manichaean prophet Mani executed and his followers persecuted. He was unsuccessful in his war with the Roman Empire in support of Zenobia of the Palmyran Empire during the Crisis of the Third Century, and in 274 he was forced to sue for peace with Rome. He died of disease in 276.